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blantonjack

U.S. Commandos Expand Anti-ISIS War into Libya - 1 views

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    U.S Commandos have long known that Libya will be a key element in the battle against ISIS. That is why members have been on the ground training militia and the Libyan government, so that they are able to better combat ISIS.The extremist network has established footholds around the world but none more important than in Libya, where over the last year it has found a source of income and supplies and a lifeboat if its hub in the Middle East collapses.It is crucial at this point that Libya get a democracy in order to firmly establish laws against the Islamic state, then Libyans may have a chance to keep hold of their country away from terrorist threat.
ccfuentez

Human trafficking or modern-day slavery | Arab News - 0 views

  • From a legal perspective “slavery” is categorized under criminal behavior. The elements of a criminal act, i.e. intent and knowledge as well as the act, are all applied in its analysis and judgment.
  • If forced labor is defined as modern-day slavery, almost the entire international community would be involved in this crime, especially those countries that invite “guest workers.”
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    This article compares human trafficking to slavery and gives a stance not typical to my other articles. The author supports the notion of "guest workers" and says if it were known as slavery, then the host country and the respective home country would both be an accomplice to the crime. 
mcooka

Control and crucifixions: Life in Libya under IS - BBC News - 0 views

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  • establishment of a religious police
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  • from Tunisia, Iraq or Syria.
  • of retributions. We spoke to people who have been forced to leave the city, to escape Islamic State.
  • I blame regional countries for IS
  • My dad is a senior policeman and was getting threats in Sirte. Anyone who works with the police can be kidnapped or killed unless you join them
  • S was quite laid back at the start in terms of implementing their harsh interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law. You get the feeling that they were focussing on building loyalty and allegiances from the tribal society of Sirte
  • It was only in August when Islamic codes of dress and behaviour began to be implemented more noticeably. It was also then when crucifixions and lashings began to be meted out to anyone convicted. These usually take place after Friday prayers.
mcooka

Hillary Clinton Gives Israeli Education Program Spotlight on Campaign Trail - Israel - Forward.com - 0 views

  • ch week in Israel, young parents open their homes to local instructors who teach them how to prepare their toddlers for school.
  • In her bid for the Democratic nomination, Clinton rarely misses an opportunity to tout her record on early childhood education, from her first job out of law school at the Children’s Defense Fund to her Too Small To Fail program at The Clinton Foundation.
  • The story of how Clinton brought the Israeli education program to America starts with a coincidence.
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  • In 1969, an Israeli educator named Avima Lombard conceived the program as a way to help the children of North African immigrants get a head start in the Israeli school system
  • Clinton’s associates in Arkansas apparently had a similar reaction when she told them they would have to travel to the Holy Land for HIPPY training: “‘Israel! Where is Israel?’”
  • HIPPY has been studied widely in academic and research settings.
  • But the two strong personalities also clashed occasionally. For several years, Lombard demanded that certain HIPPY USA staff members receive training in Israel. As the program grew, this practice became expensive and unsustainable, leading HIPPY USA to start training staff in Arkansas.
  • In 1998, Hillary Clinton visited a HIPPY event in Jerusalem while accompanying her husband when he was president. It was around holiday time, and Clinton was photographed with HIPPY children and their mothers.
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    HIlary Clinton is using the Israeli Education program to highlight her campaign. She wants to promote Israeli education and how she supports early education. Hilary Clinton adds she wants to support overseas education as well
aromo0

Women's rights in post-revolution Egypt - Asfar - 0 views

  • Unprecedented state violence against women between the time of the revolution (2011) and the election of a new government (2012) contravened international law, and violated the spirit of the revolution.
  • Egypt’s first democratically-elected, post-revolution government overwhelmingly failed to recognise crucial women’s issues such as marital rape and human trafficking and contributed to the culture of sexual harassment; one of the most pressing problems for Egyptian women today.
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    This article talks about the details of the women's rights movement since 1952. After the revolution in 2011, women's rights has yet to become a topic of importance. 
sambofoster

POLL-Egypt is worst Arab state for women, Comoros best - 0 views

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    Egypt worst for women's rights in poll of 22 Arab states Iraq more dangerous for women than under Saddam Hussein Small steps in Saudi Arabia but women still second class Syria's war and discriminatory laws curtail women's rights Comoros first for giving women political and economic rights LONDON, Nov 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sexual harassment, high rates of female genital cutting and a surge in violence and Islamist feeling after the Arab Spring uprisings have made Egypt the worst country in the Arab world to be a woman, a poll of gender experts showed on Tuesday.
hwilson3

Saudi Arabia tightens media laws - Al Jazeera English - 0 views

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    This article discusses the media controls that Saudi Arabia put into place in order to avoid political revolutions like the ones in Tunisia and Egypt. It also discusses an attempted protest started via Facebook that was never actualized.
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    This article discusses the media controls that Saudi Arabia put into place in order to avoid political revolutions like the ones in Tunisia and Egypt. It also discusses an attempted protest started via Facebook that was never actualized.
eyadalhasan

Hackers Are Using Fake Terror Alert Emails to Spread Malware - 0 views

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    With terrorism dominating the news, hackers are trying to exploit people's fears by posing as Dubai law enforcement and spreading malware. Hacker attacks are a main issue and used to spread malware and terrorist messages.
mkulach

Palestinian PM urges ban on Israeli settlement products - 0 views

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    Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Monday urged the European Union to ban Israeli settlement products from entering Europe. At a meeting with Christian Berger, director for Middle East at the European External Action Service, Hamdallah said the Israeli settlements are illegitimate under international law. UNHRC adopted a resolution to "blacklist" companies that operate in Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
csherro2

ALGERIA APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION - NYTimes.com - 1 views

  • a new Constitution in balloting Thursday, paving the way for a multiparty system for the first time since independence from France in 1962.
  • More than 70 percent of the 10.4 million people who voted favored the constitutional change, the Interior Ministry said.
  • About 80 percent of the 13 million voters
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  • He said it will allow his country ''to know more democracy, to assure public and individual liberties, and to establish the sovereignty of the law.''
  • Although it does not specifically authorize political parties to compete with the ruling National Liberation Front, the new Constitution declares ''the right to create associations of a political character.''
  • In November, 92 percent of the voters approved political changes that began reducing the power of the ruling party, the only legal political organization in the nation of 25 million people.
  • The Constitution also guarantees freedom of expression and, within limits, the right to strike.
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    ALGIERS, Feb. 24- The Government announced today that Algerian voters overwhelmingly approved a new Constitution in balloting Thursday, paving the way for a multiparty system for the first time since independence from France in 1962. More than 70 percent of the 10.4 million people who voted favored the constitutional change, the Interior Ministry said.
mcooka

Algeria: Labor Protests Forcibly Dispersed | Human Rights Watch - 0 views

  • Police in Algiers beat teachers demonstrating for greater job security on March 21 and 22, 2016, injuring at least two
  • sit-in to demand integration of teachers into the civil service to provide greater job security.
  • .G., who asked not to be named, has been a contract teacher for three years in a high school in Algier
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  • Aïssat said that the police took them to the Mohammadia police station and held them until 5 p.m. He said that the police did not tell them the reasons for their arrest, and released them without charge.
  • Algeria’s constitution guarantees the right to freedom of assembly. Amendments, entered into force on March 7, 2016, include a provision that, “The right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed within the framework of the law, which sets forth how it is to be exercised” (article 49).
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    This article looks at the teacher protest in Algeria. There was a group of teachers on March 22 that did a sit in to advocate for better job security. They were forced out and beaten by the police
csherro2

Algerian War: 1954 to 1962 - 1 views

  • FLN headquarters in Nasser's Egypt calling on Muslims in Algeria to join in a national struggle for the "restoration of the Algerian state, sovereign, democratic, and social, within the framework of the principles of Islam."
  • the French relented and on 20 March 1956 gave Tunisia complete independence.
  • February 1956, Morocco acquired limited home rule, and on March 2nd France and Morocco signed an agreement giving Morocco complete independence.
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  • n March, Mollet received new authority to act against the rebellion in Algeria from parliament's Special Powers Law, passed in a 455 to 76 vote.
  • The FLN tightened its organization and began focusing on terrorism in the cities, mainly Algiers.
  • By 1 January 1957 the French had 308,000 soldiers in Algeria. On 28 January 1957 the UN was scheduled to debate the Algerian question, and for that day the FLN scheduled a one-week Muslim work stoppage in Algiers.
  • The French showed low ranking guerrillas they had captured documents describing other guerrillas as working for the French, and then they released these guerrillas. Some of those released fell for the trick, resulting in purging within the FLN.
  • The French military made itself dominant across much of Algeria.
  • To escape the military, thousands of Algerians fled to Tunisia or Morocco and joined the FLN there.
  • On July 3, Algeria became officially independent. Meanwhile another big migration was underway. Around 800,000 of those in Algeria of European descent – an overwhelming majority – were moving to Europe.
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    In the early morning hours of 1 November 1954, small units of Algeria Muslims, organized by the Front de Libération National (FLN) attacked police posts, warehouses, communications facilities, and public utilities military installations.
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